Pending Law Child Protection High Relevance

COPPA 2.0

Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) (S. 836, 119th Congress)

Would expand COPPA-style protections to teens (13-16) and add stronger constraints including limits on targeted advertising to minors. Often paired politically with KOSA.

Jurisdiction

United States

Enacted

Unknown

Effective

Unknown

Enforcement

FTC + State AGs

Reintroduced March 4, 2025; in Senate Commerce Committee

What It Requires

Age Verification

Must verify user age before providing access

Data Minimization

Must limit data collection to what is necessary

User Rights

Must honor access, correction, and deletion requests

Harms Addressed

Child Exposure

Age-inappropriate content exposure to minors

Who Must Comply

This law applies to:

• Covered operators of websites/online services accessible to minors under 17

Who bears obligations:

Operator

Safety Provisions

• Expands protections to minors 13-16 (beyond COPPA under-13 baseline)
• Stronger limits on targeted advertising to minors
• Prohibition on transferring minors' data without affirmative consent
• "Eraser button" rights for minors' data
• Enhanced FTC enforcement authority

Enforcement

Enforced by

FTC + State AGs

Penalties

Penalties pending regulatory determination

Primary Source

Congress.gov (opens in new tab)

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/836

Quick Facts

Binding: No
Mental Health Focus: Yes
Child Safety Focus: Yes
Algorithmic Scope: Yes

Why It Matters

Fastest path to national "minors privacy" baseline reaching beyond COPPA's under-13 scope.

What You Need to Comply

If enacted: expect stronger age assurance, hard prohibitions on ad-targeting and profiling for minors, enhanced data deletion mechanisms.

NOPE can help

Cite This

APA

United States. (n.d.). Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) (S. 836, 119th Congress). Retrieved from https://nope.net/regs/us-coppa-2

BibTeX

@misc{us_coppa_2,
  title = {Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) (S. 836, 119th Congress)},
  author = {United States},
  year = {n.d.},
  url = {https://nope.net/regs/us-coppa-2}
}

Related Regulations

In Effect US • Child Protection

COPPA

Baseline US children's data privacy regime. Applies to operators of websites/online services directed to children under 13, and to general-audience services with actual knowledge they collect personal info from under-13 users.

Pending US • Child Protection

KOSA

Would establish duty of care for platforms regarding minor safety. Passed full Senate 91-3 in July 2024; passed Senate Commerce Committee multiple times (2022, 2023). Not yet enacted.

Enacted US-VT • Child Protection

VT AADC

Vermont design code structured to be more litigation-resistant: focuses on data processing harms rather than content-based restrictions. AG rulemaking authority begins July 2025.

In Effect FR • Online Safety

FR SREN

France's 2024 "digital space" law strengthening national digital regulation and enforcement levers via ARCOM across platform safety and integrity issues.

In Effect UK • Online Safety

UK OSA

One of the most comprehensive platform content moderation regimes globally. Creates specific duties around suicide, self-harm, and eating disorder content for children with 'highly effective' age assurance requirements.

In Effect SG • Online Safety

SG Online Safety Code

Under Broadcasting Act framework, requires major social media services to implement systems reducing exposure to harmful content. Child safety is key driver.

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